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Protest: About 100 veterans and Caterpillar Inc. employees...

July 13, 1993

Protest: About 100 veterans and Caterpillar Inc. employees in York, Pa., protested the equipment-maker's plan to open an office in Vietnam, saying initiating business with the country could thwart efforts to learn about missing American soldiers. Caterpillar, based in Peoria, on June 15 received a license from the Vietnamese government to open an office in Hanoi. But the company cannot do business there unless President Clinton lifts U.S. economic sanctions. Clinton must decide by Sept. 14 whether to extend the embargo against Vietnam for another year.